I wouldn't imagine it would need extra power, considering that if you cut off all pins on a PCI-X16 card that aren't present in an X1 slot and then place it into an X1 slot, it would work (just at a slower speed). These should work on the same principle, just without electronics surgery/cutting.

$imond$ u can go with the adaptor u find from Startech or go with a Flexible adaptor like BlackOmega links, i have used a PCI-Express x1 Flexible adaptor myself before i got my i5-2500k system myself for audio card it worked perfectly.

together with GT210 and GT220 but they don't have DX11 only 10 so if i was like having a low-bracket GT430 laying around myself i would have used the StarTech.com PCI Express X1 to X16 Low Profile Slot Extension Adapter (PEX1TO162) instead of a PCI-E x16 port ^^

I just bought this adapter I am going to place it right below my motherboard, I am using a full size tower so it should be be fine, I am using a Thermalrock eclipse so it should be fine with my ITX board. As for the video card I should be able to use something full size I know I will be bottlenecked by PC X1 but it sure beats integrated or typically overpriced PC X1 video cards.

even i doubt u got lag of decoding 1080p in h264/x264/ccv1 codec with that X6 processor

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I am not worried about decoding 1080p, :shadedshu more less starcraft 2 performance and couple other games, I don't game heavily but I plan on upgrading my setup eventually so I will keep my card for my next mobo and cpu.

I am not worried about decoding 1080p, :shadedshu more less starcraft 2 performance and couple other games, I don't game heavily but I plan on upgrading my setup eventually so I will keep my card for my next mobo and cpu.

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that was meant as a joke but yeah good luck with ur GT430, i hope it will left u play Starcraft 2 and the other games u want.